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In Reply to: The charismatic British gangsters posted by Victor Khomenko on March 22, 2004 at 18:52:21:
Victor,The Long Good Fiday has been in my film library for some time, and I plug it in at least annually. Very good film, and imo Bob Hoskins at least equals Sir Ben in SB for that ferocious psychotic power.
I also enjoy many Brit Gangster films...a favorite is the somewhat obscure Genuine Risk, with the oftened overlooked Terrence Stamp (who was also good in The Limey).
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Mona Lisa was quite nice too. As for " The Limey " I found it one of the very worst...kind.
Stamp has as an actor a very good standard, he always do a fine job. But his choices of roles........
is also outstanding, Tim Roths 1st film with John Hurt. I also really enjoyed The Limey! I will check out Genuine Risk as I am a fan of Stamp too; thsanks for the recommendation
Get Carter is still my favorite UK gangster film, that and The Lavender Hill Mob
Grins
Grin,I thought I'd better clarify an earlier post of mine...Genuine Risk isn't a Brit Gangster flick...it takes places in L.A. However, it does feature T. Stamp, and it is a pretty decent low budget gangster film available on vhs.
Regards,
Grins
MY favorite Stamp performance is in "Far From the Madding Crowd", beautiful widescreen adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel.
Ditto your feelings on The Hit. Stamp in an offbeat role.It may have been interesting if Hurt and Stamp switched roles, but I like it the way it is.
Some of The Hit is pretty funny, and it's never predictable. I think Clapton did the soundtrack, but I don't remember it as being paricularly great.
FWIW, I love the Brit Gangster film Stormy Monday...a bit of a hybrid, since it stars Tommy Lee Jones and Mel. Griffith, but takes place in Newcastle...neo-noir at it's best, imho.
Thanks,
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